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Oct 03, 2016

Californians are currently struggling with what one source has referred to as the worst drought in more than 1,200 years, and this may be only the beginning. Increases in the frequency and intensity of floods and droughts may pose potentially severe challenges to water supply throughout the southwestern United States by mid-century. That is the verdict of a new study by researchers at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and the Climate Change Science Institute (CCSI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Sep 29, 2016

The ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics (DAAC) MODIS Team is the recipient of the first Doug D. Nebert NSDI Champion of the Year Award. The ORNL DAAC won this award for developing an innovative tool suite to allow users to access and use complex MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite data sets easily. The visionary leadership shown by the ORNL DAAC MODIS Team and its members and their emphasis on service and dedication to National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) principles uniquely fit the team for this honor.

Aug 23, 2016

Olufemi (Femi) Omitaomu of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Climate Change Science and Urban Dynamics Institutes (CCSI and UDI) has been elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member. Senior Member is the highest grade for which members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) can apply and requires at least 10 years’ professional experience, including 5 years of significant achievements.

Jul 21, 2016

Bob Andres of the ORNL Climate Change Science Institute (CCSI) and Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) has been a volcanologist, a geochemical consultant, a university professor, a laboratory manager, a remote sensing expert, and an instrument developer over the course of a 24-year career that has spanned numerous organizations, including two national laboratories, and taken him all over the world. “My career, or rather its trajectory, was certainly not planned,” Andres says.

Jul 11, 2016

ORNL's Peter Thornton, Stan Wullschleger and Kate Evans have written an entry for the State Department's "Our Arctic Nation" blog on Medium.com.
The blog, run by the Arctic Council of the State Department's Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs, invites individuals with personal or professional connection to the Arctic to contribute to raise awareness of U.S. interests and priorities in the region and reinforce the idea of the United States as an Arctic nation